Odaily Planet Daily News: In a recent episode of the Bankless podcast, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expounded on the potential of blockchain to enhance democratic resilience through secure, anonymous communications and verifiable voting. Vitalik Buterin emphasized that by comparing the information environment to Thomas Hobbes's concept of "all against all" war, the monopoly control narrative may become the only stable equilibrium. This metaphor highlights the potential for authoritarian regimes to use the Internet for data aggregation, turning a tool designed to empower freedom into a tool for strengthening central control. (CryptoSlate)